"Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)" was a folk music single, and the debut recording of the Serendipity Singers in 1964.
The song was first recorded as "Crooked Little House" by Jimmie Rodgers in 1960, on his album At Home with Jimmie Rodgers - An Evening of Folk Songs, on which the songwriting was credited to Ersel Hickey and Ed E.
[2] In 1964, it was recorded by the Serendipity Singers in a calypso music-based adaptation and arrangement by the group's musical director Bob Bowers, with group members Bryan Sennett and John Madden.
Later reissues of the Serendipity Singers' recording credited Hickey and Miller as the song's writers.
The song was also covered by The Brothers Four on their album More Big Folk Hits; Trini Lopez on The Folk Album (1965);[7] and Ronnie Hilton, whose version was a hit in the UK, peaking at #21 in 1964.